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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Southmore Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southmore Heights and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Southmore Heights:
- 39.047266, -88.749777
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Southmore Heights
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Effingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Effingham County
- Since Southmore Heights is near Fayette County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Southmore Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southmore Heights ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Confidence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Confidence is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
- Funkhouser
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Funkhouser is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkhouser
- Greenland ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Heartville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Heartville is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartville
- Holland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Holliday
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Holliday is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Howards Point ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Howards Point is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Point
- Loogootee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Corner
- Mason
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moccasin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Moccasin is located in Effingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin
- Post Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Post Oak is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
How Far From Southmore Heights to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Southmore Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Southmore Heights and extending to:
- Effingham, which is the Seat of Effingham County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Southmore Heights to Effingham, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 628 miles [1,010.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,362 miles [10,238.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,094 miles [11,416.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,974 miles [8,004.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Southmore Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Southmore Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Southmore Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0473, Longitude: -88.7498 In this case, the coordinates for Southmore Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.14 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.74 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.868 degrees. |
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